Background

Mr. James W. Breyer, also known as Jim, is the Founder of Breyer Capital and has also been Chief Executive Officer since July 2006. Mr. Breyer is a Co-Founder of Accel Partners and has been its President and Managing General Partner and General Partner since 1990. He was a Partner of Accel Partners since 1987. He is a Founding Insight Partner of Technology Crossover Investors. He serves as a Project Manager in international internet media companies such as RenRen, and ... several others. He is a Co-Founder and Member of Investment Advisory Board at The Experiment Fund. Mr. Breyer was a Partner at The Experiment Fund. Since December 2005, Mr. Breyer has been an Honorary Professor at the Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China. He is a Co-Founder of Accel-KKR where he serves on the board. Mr. Breyer served as a Special Advisor of Accel-KKR LLC. Mr. Breyer served as a Management Consultant/Consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and a Consultant of Accel-KKR LLC. He served as President of Western Association of Venture Capitalists. He also served at Hearme, Hewlett-Packard Company and Apple Inc. He served on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart for more than a decade. He served as the Presiding Director at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. until May 2013. He served as Lead Director and Independent Director at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from June 1, 2006 to June 2013 and 2001, respectively. He has been a Director at Circle Internet Financial, Inc., since October 31, 2013. He serves as a Director of Accel-KKR Telecom and AccWal-el-KKR LLC. He serves as a Director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program, DataLogix Holdings, Inc., and Circle. He has been a Director of Ubermedia, Inc. since February 14, 2011, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. since October 2011, Booyah, Inc. since May 2010, and Etsy, Inc. since 2007. He serves as a Director of Woven, Inc., Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Vostu USA Inc., Legendary Entertainment, Cybermeals Inc., GG Digital, Inc., Legend Pictures, LLC, eMac Digital, Global Grind, Motive Communication and CircleOne Holdings. Mr. Breyer serves as a Director of Harvard Corporation. He serves as a Director at Wickr and Pacific Community Ventures. Mr. Breyer serves as a Trustee of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Menlo School. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Pacific Community Ventures. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Mode Media Corporation (formerly Glam Media, Inc.), School of Economics & Management Tsing Hua University, and IDG Capital Partners. He serves as a Director of the Associates of Technet. He is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua School of Engineering and Management. He is a Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He serves on the Board of the Associates of Harvard Business School, The Boston Celtics, Epicenter, and Silicon Valley Community Ventures. He has been a Member of Fiduciary Oversight Board since July 1, 2013. Mr. Breyer served as the Chairman of National Venture Capital Association. Mr. Breyer served as a Director of Brightcove, Inc. from 2004 to January 30, 2013, Marvel Entertainment, LLC from June 2006 to December 31, 2009, RealNetworks Inc. from October 1995 to June 3, 2008 and Prosper Marketplace, Inc. from April 2005 to June 19, 2012. He served as a Director of News Corp. since October 2011 and Vostu, Ltd. He served as a Director/Board Observer of RockMelt, Inc. He served as a Director of Facebook, Inc. from April 2005 to June 11, 2013 and Model N, Inc. since June 2000. He served as an Independent Director of Dell Inc. since April 2009 until October 17, 2013. He served as a Director of GeoComm Systems, Groove Networks, Inc., AlphaBlox Corporation Inc., Andale, Inc., Savista LLC, Family Wonder, Inc., Maven Networks, Inc., Apexon, Inc., Lightspan, Inc., Kenexa BrassRing Inc., and Datasweep, Inc. Mr. Breyer was the Chairman of Harvard Business School California Research Center. Mr. Breyer is deeply respected as an Innovative Investor and Strategist and for understanding, valuing, and nurturing the creative process within companies in which he has invested. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the PartnerConnect LP-GP Summit in September 2014. He has received the IBF Special Achievement Award for career contributions to the venture capital industry. In 2013, 2012, and April 2011, Forbes placed Mr. Breyer the No. 1 spot on its Midas List of top technology investors. In August 2010, Fortune Magazine named him as one of the 10 smartest people in technology, and the smartest investor in technology. In October 2012, he was named to the Vanity Fair New Establishment Hall of Fame, and in June, 2012, he received the Silicon Valley Lifetime Visionary Award. In December 2012, he was named AlwaysOn Venture Capitalist of the Year. Mr. Breyer is on the fifth spot in the Forbes Midas List of 2014. He is a prominent Venture Capitalist and Investor and has been an investor in over 30 consumer internet, media, and technology companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers. Mr. Breyer holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was named a George Baker Scholar and a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies with highest distinction from Stanford University.

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